Elizabeth

April 28, 2013 3:19 pm

Entitled: If media covered America the way we cover foreign cultures

Yet another massacre has occurred in the historically war-torn region of the Southern United States – and so soon after the religious festival of Easter.

Brian McConkey, 27, a Christian fundamentalist militiaman living in the formerly occupied territory of Alabama, gunned down…

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April 17, 2013 9:36 pm

"19% of prime time television characters are non-human while only 17% are women"

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A Profile of Americans’ Media Use and Political Socialization Effects: television and the Internet’s relationship to social connectedness in the USA ― Daniel German & Caitlin Lally

There are more “non-humans” on TV than women. Talk about unequal gender representation in the media.

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and like 2 are women of colour. *sigh*

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April 7, 2013 4:30 pm

I LOVE YOU LESLEY

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April 1, 2013 10:27 am

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March 14, 2013 6:10 pm

"Women are encouraged to cultivate a pleasing appearance since birth, but never to show satisfaction with their efforts. We’re to be always quietly striving without seeming to be, never feeling like we measure up. What makes us beautiful? When we don’t know we’re beautiful."

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http://www.xojane.com/beauty/in-defense-of-selfies-why-ill-never-stop-taking-photos-of-myself

March 12, 2013 7:13 pm

Cue hardcore organ soundtrack to waiting for ceremony #drama #uwa #graduation

March 6, 2013 10:40 am

justsocolorful:

hereticarts:

Social conditioning.

Thhhhhaaannnkkk yooooooou! +Sings+

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March 4, 2013 3:01 pm

"With regard to Australian policy on Nauru and on Manus Island, ask yourself this: are we prepared to allow our government to establish a regime so brutal that the terror it creates would rival the terror from which people flee?

Remember this: the Immigration Department’s most recent figures show that about 90 per cent of those who arrive by boat, once they are processed, are proved to be genuine refugees.

I know in Australia many people now have a fear of Muslims because they believe that terrorism is synonymous with Islam. Our government knows that is false. The largest Islamic country in the world is very close to us, to our north. The Islamic movements in Indonesia are overwhelmingly peaceful and exhibit values of humanity which Australia and its policies seem to have put aside.

Someone said to me only two weeks ago: ”We departed from the White Australia Policy too early.” Is that the nub of the problem: a different religion and a different colour? Our politicians won’t put it like that, but is that the truth of the matter? Where is the common humanity?"

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Malcolm Fraser: Open our hearts, and our doors, to refugees (via clambistro)

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